Garment-supporter.



PATENTED MAY 26, 1908.

' G. J. DANIEL. GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11. 1907.

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OLARINDA JANE DANIEL, OF SHEVLIN, MINNESOTA.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 26, 1908.

Application filed June 11, 1907. Serial No. 378,431.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLARINDA JANE DAN- IEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Shevlin, in the county of Olearwater and State of Minnesota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Garment-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to garment supporters of that class which are used for suspending and su porting garments such as skirts, waists, an the like; the object of the invention being to provide a simple and efficient device whereby garments may be connected with and supported directly by the corsets-of the wearer.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention; it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the recise structural details therein exhibited, ut that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the claims may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the ap lication of the invention. Fig. 2 is an e evation showing a portion of a pair of corsets equipped with the invention, parts of the same having been broken away for the purpose of clearly illustrating the construction. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the line 33 in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the line 4-4 in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the supporting members, detached. Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing a portion of the band of a garment adapted for use in connection with'the improved supporting device.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference.

1-1 designate the side members of a pair of corsets which are provided near their meeting edges with the usual rows of eyelets 22 for the lacing 3; said side members being also provided at or near their meeting edges with the customary steel ribs 4 and 5. The ribs4 and 5 of each of the members 1 are connected, at the waist-line of the corsets, by crossbars 6 which may be secured by means of rivets 7, said cross-bars being partly exposed through slots 8 in the outer layer 9 of the material of which the corsets are composed. Secured adjacent to the cross-bars 6 are flat resilient plates or springs, 13*, which are held in position by means of the rivets 7 whereby the cross-bars are secured to the ribs of the corsets. Pivotally supported upon the cross bars 6 are tongues 10 preferably consisting of flat metallic strips having terminal inturned points 11 which, when the tongues are turned upward, as shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4, point in the direction of the body of the wearer.. The tongues 10 are providedwith sleeves 17 whereby they are pivoted upon the cross-bars 6, and said sleeves are provided with struckup lugs 18 adapted to bear against the resilient plates or springs 6 for the purpose of sustaining the tongues 10 in 1p)osition when extended outward from the ody of the wearer, of the corsets, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4 as well as when extended in an upward direction as shown in full line in the several figures of the drawings.

The band 12 of the garment 18 that is to be supported by the improved su porting device is provided with a ertures, w ich are suitably spaced so as to e capable of being conveniently placed in engagement with the tongues 10 when the latter are turned outw'ard from the body of the wearer, as has been indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 4 of the drawings.

The operation of the invention will be understood from the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings. After the corsets have been adjusted in position upon the wearer, the tongues are turned outward to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4 of the drawings, where they are held by the action of the lugs 18 engaging or bearing against the resilient plates 6 the garments, consisting .of skirts and waists are then successively placed in engagement with the tongues by means of the eyelets 14 in the bands thereof, and the tongues 10 are then turned upward to the position shown in full lines in the several figures, where they are retained or secured by the conjoint action of the tongues 18 and the resilient plates 6". In this position the tongues are finally secured by the application of an ordinary belt which latter, however, has not been shown as it forms no part of the invention. It will be readily understood, however, that when the belt is applied it serves to hold the tongues 10 securely in position, thus securing the garments connected with said tongues against displacement; but the belt may be dispensed with, if desired, the tongues 10 being retained in position by means of the tongues 18 engaging the spring plates 6.

By connecting the improved supporting tongues directly with the corsets, the strain of the garments will be distributed from the hips of the wearer, and the garments may be worn without the discomfort usually experienced.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In a garment supporter, a pair of corsets, cross-bars connected with said corsets along the waist-line adjacent to the meeting edges thereof, resilient plates or springs secured adjacent to said cross bars, and tongues having sleeves pivotally engaging cross-bars, and tongues pivoted upon the cross-bars and having lugs engaging the resilient plates.

3. A pair of corsets having side members provided with ribs near the meeting edges thereof, cross-bars connected with said ribs, and tongues pivoted upon said cross-bars in combination with garments having bands provided With eyelets adapted for engagement with said tongues.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OLARINDA JANE DANIEL. Witnesses:

T. E. RIDER, G. B. UProNfi 

